Mario Leonel Gómez Sánchez

Year: 2018

Nationality: Mexico

Killed by: Criminal Group

Location: Yajalón, Mexico

Press organization: El Heraldo de Chiapas

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Mario Leonel Gómez Sánchez, a reporter for the local newspaper El Heraldo de Chiapas, was shot dead outside his home in Yajalón, a town in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, at approximately 5 p.m. on September 21, 2018. He was killed by two unidentified gunmen riding a motorcycle, according to news reports and El Heraldo’s news director, José Ramón Gallegos.

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